The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-17
POLITICS AT CHARLESTON.
A Lively Interest Taken in the Ap-
preaching Municipal Election.

A Lively Interest Taken in the Ap-
preaching Municipal Election.
CHARLESTON, Oct Is The political pot
is fairly boiling now, and the city is once
more plunged into the fierce canvass. No
man can as yet tell what will be the out
come. AT present there are five parties Or
ganized and actively engaged in the fight
These are the Democratic party, the young
Democrats, the United Labor, the Republi-
can Protective Union. and the G. o. p of
the days of good stealing in the South The
alleged new deal Democratic party has
disappeared A brief review of the stua-
tion will enable the readers of the MORNING
NEWS to get an intelligent idea of the
fight.
THE REGULAR DEMOCRATS
have held their ward meeting and have or
ganized their ward clubs. The young De-
mocracy attended these meetings and put
out their candidates for club officers. They
were successful in the Sixth and Eleventh
wards only. The other ten wards elected
regular Democrats on the old party lines.
The candidates elected, however, have
got to go before the people at a primary
election on Oct %, which may change the
result.
THE YOUNG DEMOCRACY
have in the mean time decided on organic
ing ward clubs for the purpose of concen-
trating their strength and using it at the
Democratic primaries. They are pledged,
however, to stand by the nominees of the
regular Democracy for Mayor and Alder
men. Their fight will be made in the con-
vention.
THE UNITED LABOR PARTY
has also received fresh accessions, having
absorbed the new deal Democrats and a
portion of the negro vote. They held a
meeting on Thursday night, resolved to or
ganize ward clubs and issued call for a con-
vention to be held Nov IA to nominate a
full municipal ticket.
THE REPUBLICAN PROTECTIVE UNION
has already organized its ward clubs with a
tolerably strong membership and announces
its intention to sell out to the party bidding
the highest for its votes, provided it can
control It's votes, which is exceedingly
doubtful. Last, but not least,
THE ''GRAND OLD PARTY"
the corpse of 1876, has begun to recover
from its long sleep. The few of old leaders
who are left have shaken themselves to-
gether and started out to rally the remains
of the corpse. An intelligent colored man,
who is at the head of the movement, told
this correspondent that the G.. o. p. did not
expect to put full ticket in the field. 1t
would endeavor to register its voters, and
get them well in hand. Having done this
it would ask for estimates from whatever
party had full tickets in the field, and
would award its votes to the highest bidder
In case no bids are received it would CON
centrate its strength on whatever ward it
had the best show of winning, and thus try
to run in an Alderman or two.
THERE ARE TwENTY-FoUR ALDERMEN
and six School Commissioners to be elected
Under the law governing municipal cleo
tions, twelve aldermen are elected at large,
and twelve by the wards respectively; that
is to say, each ward has the privilege of
electing, itself, one of the two Aldermen
who constitute the quota OF the ward. The
School Commissioners are elected by their
districts, each district consisting of two
wards, voting for its own commissioner
1t will be seen, therefore, that if the G. o. p
can get its voters registered, it might, by
concentrating its strength in certain wards,
outvote the Democrats, especially if the lat
ter are divided.